Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday that a police reform bill is in the works, one of several police reform efforts underway nationwide in the wake of Tuesday’s conviction of a former Minneapolis Police officer in the murder of George Floyd. The bill is expected to be introduced “within the next few days,” DeWine
Continue ReadingEvery year from January to mid-April, we experience a “meteor drought,” without a single shower for months. That all ends April 22 this year with the first show of the season: the annual Lyrid meteor shower. “These dazzling meteors are fast and bright, with a striking golden trail of dust streaking behind them,” CNN meteorologist
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One day after two four-star military commanders told Congress they did not have problems with extremists in their ranks, the top adviser on the issue to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin took a different view and stated plainly that he believes the opposite. “It would be remiss if we didn’t admit that there is a problem
Continue ReadingIt’s been a good time to go public for high profile unicorns lately. Coinbase, Roblox and Airbnb are just a few of the major private companies to make their Wall Street debuts in recent months. But transitioning from a startup to a publicly traded firm with more investors and increased scrutiny from Wall Street analysts
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Netflix is synonymous with streaming, but its competitors have a distinct advantage that threatens the streaming leader’s position at the top. Disney has Disney+, but it also has theme parks, plush Baby Yoda dolls, blockbuster Marvel movies and ESPN. Comcast, Amazon, ViacomCBS, CNN’s parent company WarnerMedia and Apple all have their own streaming services, too,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CARROLLTON, Texas (KTVT) — A pair of dove eggs on a Carrollton Police SUV, the department has been protecting for the last three weeks by keeping the vehicle out of service, have hatched. We aren’t really sure exactly when they were born because momma keeps hiding them under
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — What’s new at summer camp this year? For example at the YMCA, more kids will be allowed and swimming is back. But CBS 2 Morning Insider Tim McNicholas learned, for the Y and others, it’s not back to normal yet. Don’t let the wintry weather
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Click here for updates on this story WEST HEMPSTEAD, New York (WCBS) — A terrified cashier spoke out about the moment shots rang out at a Stop & Shop in West Hempstead on Tuesday. Police said one person was killed and two others injured in the shooting, which took place at around 11:30 a.m. at
Continue ReadingInvestors have rendered their verdict on the European Super League: it’s dead. Stock market gains made by breakaway clubs Juventus and Manchester United have been erased after all six English clubs that had committed to the controversial project decided to pull out late on Tuesday, followed by three more teams on Wednesday. Shares in Juventus
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CHURCH CREEK, Maryland (WJZ) — A historic homesite discovered in Maryland has been linked to abolitionist and famed Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman. Maryland Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford made the announcement Tuesday, joining state and federal partners at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center. A historic homesite
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa offloaded more than two tons of cocaine at the Miami Beach base on Tuesday. The 5,500 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated $94.6 million, was seized from a low profile vessel off the coast of Punta Gallinas,
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The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Vanita Gupta to be associate attorney general in a narrow 51-49 vote after Sen. Lisa Murkowski joined with Democrats in support of President Joe Biden’s Justice Department nominee. Vice President Kamala Harris was on hand for a procedural vote Wednesday morning in case she was needed for a possible 50-50
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A sense of justice’s triumph echoed across the country shortly after a jury in Minneapolis convicted Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s death. To some, however, that feeling was tempered by the simple fact that Floyd should have been alive today. The conviction of the former Minneapolis police officer quickly emerged as a complicated moment in
Continue ReadingA giant flare that is 100 times more powerful than any flare our sun has ever released has erupted from a nearby star, a new study says. Proxima Centauri is our sun’s nearest stellar neighbor at 4 light-years, or 25 trillion miles, away. It’s a small, dim red dwarf star with just an eighth of
Continue ReadingAfter 19-year-old Brandon Hole killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis last week, questions arose about the state’s “red flag” law, which should have prevented Hole from having a gun in the first place. “Red flag” laws, found in more than a dozen states across the US, are also known as Extreme Risk
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had months (and months) to ponder what she would say if and when former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of the murder of George Floyd. Which makes what she did say on Wednesday — in the immediate aftermath of the Chauvin verdict — all the more baffling. “Thank you,
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“Man Dies After Medical Incident During Police Interaction.” That was the headline of a Minneapolis Police press release on May 25, 2020, in the hours after an unnamed man in his 40s died. Absent from the nearly 200-word post is any mention of officers restraining him on the ground, a knee on his neck, or
Continue Reading Arizona’s Republican governor on Tuesday vetoed a state bill that would have made it harder for students to learn about sexual and gender identity in schools, but issued an executive order requiring schools to be more transparent about their proposed curriculum on the topics. Gov. Doug Ducey vetoed SB 1456 nearly a week after the
Continue Reading Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday signed a bill legalizing simple possession of marijuana beginning this summer, making it the first Southern state to do so and accelerating a revamp of cannabis laws that have disproportionately jailed Americans of color for nonviolent offenses. The bill, signed a day after April 20 — marijuana’s unofficial holiday
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Columbus, Ohio, officials on Wednesday released additional police body camera video of the fatal shooting of a Black teen who charged two females with a knife. “We don’t yet have all of the facts but we do know that a 16-year-old girl, a child of this community, tragically died last night,” Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther
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